i don't support the movie or think it should have been made in the first place but i still agree. we had no evidence they had the capability to carry out an actual terror attack. and now that sony complied with their demand to pull the movie, they now have a whole new set of demands...like who didn't see that coming?

Hm Ida You need one person capable of building a basic bomb and walking to the target and you have the ability to carry out a terror attack. I would assume they have at least one spy in the US or the ability to buy one.

Security would have been heightened though. And if we canceled every event that was threatened, we'd have very few big events if any. Plus now they're aiming further threats at the company telling them they have to scrub away any evidence this movie ever existed or else... so where does it end now?

I mean I understand the potential ramifications of this, but the reaction it's getting is crazy; it's not like the USA capitulated to terrorist demands. Sony is an independent corporate entity, and this decision seems more like a desperate attempt at damage control and the vague hope that this move will stem the tide of leaked emails. To me it seems more like a business decision than anything else.

IA, once the cinemas decided not to show it, Sony was sort of backed into a corner.I think they're probably in major crisis mode and are trying to figure out how best to proceed (financially). I mean they're probably weighing options regarding insurance, or various other types of release, or a delayed release once everything blows over.

ia, it's purely a business decision. i don't think it sets a good precedent that you can control media and get what you want through threats, but to an extent this has always been the case. you've always been able to threaten a theater with a bomb and get it evacuated. it's not the gov't is capitulating to terrorist demands.

what i'm still not sure of is the source the hacks. i don't believe it was NK, but if the US gov't is confirming it... either way i think it works out great for the US and sony to say it's NK because it distracts from their other shitstorms (sony's racist, abuse-condoning, sexist bullshit is being totally ignored in favor of this, same with all of the protesting). because america and sony may be racist but we hate NK more.

something is fishy, got my tin foil hat at the ready, not quite committed to putting in on just yet.

I think so too. I'm not as informed from a political perspective as some people in here are, but i work in business at a large corporation and i mean i can't think of how else they would have responded, they would have been fucked.

but it was a business decision made based on threats and cyberattacks orchestrated by a foreign nation. It wasn't the US government that caved, but it is a foreign nation threatening US citizens within the United States in order to censor work that is legally allowed by US law as free speech.

Yes, Sony did nothing wrong by pulling it, it was pretty much the only thing they could, but I wouldn't call it a "business decision". The were forced to take this step by violent threats. Business should not work that way. The fault lies, as so often, with the criminals.

This is exactly what I don't get. I see people being all like "WE'RE LETTING THEM WIN" But this decision wasn't made or suggested by the elected government, but made by a corporation based not only on the threats, but also on the fact that the movie was being pulled by the major cinema companies... Like, how can it be "we"? I didn't know Sony represented the whole US...

I mean, I get it that it sets a bad precedent for other studios and business in general, and why it's a threat to freedom of speech, even, but it doesn't really represent AMERICAN foreign policies in relation to NK or terrorism (clearly, considering the president's speech).

Yes. It was a business decision because all decisions by businesses are business decisions. It was, however, a business decision to agree to the demands of terrorists acting at the behest of a nation run by a ruthless dictator because they didn't like the content of the business's speech. That is why it is getting the reaction it is getting.